Pete and his family came to Rutland on one of the windiest days of October. We found enough shelter to capture some great images before moving into the studio. Here are a couple of images from their family session.

The new computers are all configured and we are quickly catching up on all of our orders. We love the speed. We will be posting more on the blog over the next two weeks. We do have a some evening sessions available before Thanksgiving. Call ElizaBeth at the studio for info: 586-4143.

ElizaBeth told me a couple of days ago that all of the posts recently did not show the work we had been doing. We do more than sports and senior boys. We’ve been going full throttle lately so many projects haven’t made it on the blog in the past few months. We will start catching up and I post more in between working on wedding albums and sports teams. Here’s Avery’s Baby Plan Panel.

The smell of silage brings back memories of growing up on the farm. These days things go much faster than we did when I was a kid. We had an old Gehl cutter and Dakon wagons. It took a while to unload the wagon and fill the silo. It was way dangerous back then with all of the belts and augers. Many of my grandfather’s friends had hooks where a hand should of been.

All the kids know her as Mrs. Gonyo. I know her as Dana, my cousin Gary’s wife. Dana brought her family to the studio a while back for an indoor/outdoor portrait session. Here are a few of their favorites.

We are announcing the Caring Cuties Contest. For the month of February, we photographed cuties that came out and supported the orphanage. $25 entered the children into the contest, gave a 60 minute session, and a free 8×10. The entrance fee all is going to Leah’s Kids and the Casa Angelina orphanage. (Check out www.leahskids.org) We are now posting the entries online for our viewers to vote for the cutest kids. There are three categories of winners: zero to four year old, five to 12 year old, and groups.

If you would like pictures of your little ones, please call the studio at (605)586-4143. Bring your muchkin around the time of their birthday and receive a free session and magnet as part of our Birthday Club.

We are announcing the Caring Cuties Contest. For the month of February, we photographed cuties that came out and supported the orphanage. $25 entered the children into the contest, gave a 60 minute session, and a free 8×10. The entrance fee all is going to Leah’s Kids and the Casa Angelina orphanage. (Check out www.leahskids.org) We are now posting the entries online for our viewers to vote for the cutest kids. There are three categories of winners: zero to four year old, five to 12 year old, and groups.

Here are the two entrants in the age 5 to 12 category. Please vote for your favorite image. Contest winners receive a framed 16×20 print plus 2 accordion wallet books. Voting ends on Friday March 25th.

If you would like pictures of your little ones, please call the studio at (605)586-4143. Bring your muchkin around the time of their birthday and receive a free session and magnet as part of our Birthday Club. Check out our Baby Plan for a framed print and sessions: newborn, three, six, nine and twelve months.

I think the cold has put us all in hibernation mode. It’s cold. It’s so much work to bundle up, to get the car started, to wander out on roads, not sure that they won’t be icy or blown over by the time you come home. Boy, can I relate! Here I am with Rachel a week ago on one of those zero degree days where I wasn’t brave enough to head to town but still needed a little exercise. This is usually a little mile section that we run the dog or the kids run for gym class. This day I couldn’t find the road on the whole mile. It was a good, challenging walk, but I was happy to see the snow plow come to open the back road up.

Having said that, No worries, we are so thankful to the snow plows that open up the paved road to Rutland every day, and also to great neighbors, Denny and the Carpers for keeping our alley and our parking area nice and clean so you can all come visit us. And, I’m going to plan on the cold weather finally breaking. Today, the weather crept up to 30 degrees. I was loving the feel of the sun on my face and being able to be out without hurrying to get out of the chill.

We had so much fun playing in the cold a couple weeks ago, with the Freeze Your Fanny 5k Run, that we decided to continue the fun and also the love we want to share with the Leah’s Kids organization. The group from Madison will be off to Guatemala in just a couple weeks, to help finish the house for the orphanage, but there is always continuing need for support at the orphanage. Mike and I have decided to find a new way to help them out. Of course, we want you to help out, too. So, here’s our new program.

We are announcing the Caring Cuties Contest. For the month of February, we are looking for cuties to come out and support the orphanage. $25 will enter your children into the contest, give you a 60 minute session, and a free 8×10. The entrance fee all goes to Leah’s Kids and the Casa Angelina orphanage. (Check out www.leahskids.com) Then March 1-15, we will post our entries online for our viewers to vote for the cutest kids. We plan to have three categories of winners: zero to four year old, five to 12 year old, and groups –A great chance to get all the grandkids together in one portrait. Call today to set up your appointment 1.605.586.4143. Have an adorable idea to make your session more creative? Make sure you give us your idea when you call so we can plan for something fun.

Take yourself back in time not that long ago when the ground was not white and the temperatures were not freezing. We photographed the Spier family on a beautiful Fall afternoon at their place in Madison.